J. H. Hass Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Hass, Schroeder, Stiboldt, Hanssen. One of the native sons of Davenport, who has risen to a position of honor and respect not only in this city but throughout the state, holds the responsible offices of vice president and cashier of the Scott County National Bank. His father, Detlef Hass, was born in northern Germany and came to the United States in 1852. As he had chosen the southern route, he landed at New Orleans and ascended the Mississippi river to Davenport, where he engaged in the building and contracting business. Having won a pronounced success from his operations, he retired from active life in 1886, and in September, ten years later, passed away. His wife, who was Miss Margarita Schroeder in her maidenhood, had died many years before, for she passed away in 1859. They were married in Germany, where their eldest child, Louisa, was born. She is now Mrs. Stiboldt. J. H. Hass, the only son, was born October 14, 1854. He attended the public schools of the city and, having completed the education they afforded, in 1872 entered the law office of Bills & Block, with whom he remained two years. HE was not destined for the legal profession, however, and at the end of that time, in 1874, became assistant bookkeeper in the Citizens National Bank, and to banking and kindred fields of activities Mr. Hass has since devoted all his energies. After ten years' experience in the employ of the Citizens national, on the 1st of December, 1883, when the Scott County Savings Bank was organized, he was put in charge of the concern, being then the only employe. He has, in the subsequent years, been closely identified with the institution, having proved hi efficiency in every position and contributed in no small degree toward making the concern the splendid financial institution it is today. In 1884, after only a year's experience, he was made cahier, and i! n 1908 was made second vice president. When the Iowa National Bank was organized he was made a director, which position he still holds. Previously he was connected with P. T. Walsh in the establishment of the Walsh Construction Company, of which he is treasurer. Mr. Hass is a man in whom others intuitively place confidence and upon whose judgment they are willing to rely. In September, 1881, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hass and Miss Emma E. Hanssen, a daughter of Louis Hanssen, one of the old and respected pioneers of Davenport. Two children have been born to them. Leon H., now a student at Yale College; and Clara Louise, attending the high school of Davenport. Since 1884, Mr. Hass has been a member of lodge No. 37, A. F. & A. M. and also of Zarephath Consistory. He is a member of the executive committee of the savings banks section of the American Bankers Association and as there are only nine in this body and they chosen from the whole United States, he may be pardonably proud of this distinction which his coworkers have placed upon him. Politically he is a democrat of the Cleveland type, but he is not an office seeker, for his private interests make him a busy man and leave little time for other concerns, and yet, in reviewing the record of his life, his fellow citizens have profited by his work and the standard of manhood has been! raised by his endeavors. Personally he Is endowed with those characteristics which make a man always welcome among his associates, and he is one of the active members of the Outing Club. In religious matters he finds the tenets of the Unitarian church in accord with the breadth of his views. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES